The course seeks to introduce students to the concepts of peace, conflict and violence, and analyze the role that media/journalists can play in conflict resolution and peace-building. Through a number of case studies, it examines how journalism can create opportunities to consider and value non-violent responses to conflict. In so doing, not only does it compare war journalism (the dominant paradigm, which generates a simplistic perception of significant events) to peace journalism (an alternative approach), but also examines techniques on how the reporting of war and violence (direct, structural, cultural) can be made more accurate and more useful by seeking the roots of conflict and highlighting possible solutions.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Lectures, workshops, in-class presentations, literature study, written assignments.
| Type of work | Description | Hours |
| Lectures | 10 3-hours lectures | 30 |
| Independent Study | Study of compulsory and optional literature | 50 |
| Exercises in class | Number and content of exercises to be discussed and arranged with the instructors | 100 |
| Written assignments-Presentations | To be discussed and arranged with the instructors | 120 |
| Total workload | 300 |
| Type of assessment | Learning outcome | Impact on final grade | Date of assessment |
| Written assignment | 1-6 | 60% | 13th-15th week |
| Representations | 1-6 | 20% | 11th– 13th week |
| Exercises | 1-6 | 20% | Regularly |
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